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Perks of being a grad student: sometimes faculty retire, go theoretical, or relocate, leaving behind a lab that is free for plundering (legally). One of the goodies from such a recent event was a working 1mW HeNe laser. Though not really useful to me in any practical way, I think they're a pretty neat demonstration of basic lasing concepts, and would like to turn it into a display piece. I've separated it from the large, ugly driver board it was attached to and am looking for feedback or a nudge in the right direction on how to make a nice compact power supply/driver.
The ability to switch between AC driven and battery driven would be nice, but would probably favor battery driven if given only one choice.
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The ability to switch between AC driven and battery driven would be nice, but would probably favor battery driven if given only one choice.
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